Rhode Island General Election
Survey of 500 Likely Voters
July 1, 2008
1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is
performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
12%
Excellent
12% Good
16% Fair
60% Poor
0% Not sure
3* 2008
Presidential General Election Match-Ups
|
McCain |
31% |
|
Obama |
55% |
|
Other |
5% |
|
Not sure |
9% |
4*
Favorable Ratings
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
|
Very
Favorable |
40% |
18% |
|
Somewhat
Favorable |
28% |
34% |
|
Somewhat Unfavorable |
13% |
26% |
|
Very
Unfavorable |
17% |
20% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
2% |
5* Should Barack Obama select Hillary Clinton as
his Vice-Presidential running mate?
41% Yes
47% No
12% Not sure
6* Is John McCain too old to be President?
36% Yes
56% No
8% Not sure
7*Is Barack Obama too inexperienced to be
President?
35% Yes
56% No
9% Not sure
8* When it comes to the situation in
27% Winning
the war
66% Getting
the troops home
8% Not sure
9* Some people believe that the federal
government has become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its
own interests. What do you think? Has the federal government become a special
interest group?
68% Yes
15% No
17% Not sure
10* Generally speaking, does the federal government represent the will of
the people?
15% Yes
73% No
13% Not sure
11*John McCain favors drilling in offshore oil wells to
help reduce the price of gas. Barack Obama opposes offshore oil wells and says
it would not reduce the price of gas. Should drilling be allowed in offshore oil
wells off the coasts of California, Florida, and other states?
56% Yes
34% No
10% Not sure
12* If drilling in
offshore oil wells is allowed, how likely is it that the price of gas will go
down?
17% Very likely
35% Somewhat likely
28% Not very likely
15% Not at all likely
6% Not sure
13* Is free trade good or bad for the
40%
Good
26%
Bad
18%
Neither
16%
Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence